OT: Ebay Policy Change

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Only list Buy It Nows with an immediate payment required.

Problem solved.

So no more auctions?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

So no more auctions?

Dave,

I love true auctions. I really do. But for the last few years eBay has been trying to slowly 'force' sellers to go to a BIN only. All their changes indicate such. And that's a shame. True eBay auctions will soon be a thing of the past.

I first noted this well over three years ago in my post here...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=134438&page=3

Post #21
eBay wants to become one big online store and do away with auction style listings. All of their changes suggest this. This new change is nothing different and is just another step in doing so. They want sellers to offer free shipping and this is one way to make it happen. Think about it, you can't even charge for insurance anymore (or at least state that in your description). This new change is one way of forcing the seller to offer free shipping. Sellers who list true auction style listings aren't going to offer free shipping because if they take a loss on the card, they sure aren't going to take a loss on the shipping as well. So, why not just offer BIN with BO options with free shipping? That's what eBay wants and they'll get their way one change at a time.

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I don't think that they want to completely do away with all auctions, just auctions from small-time sellers. eBay is two businesses: retail and auction consignment. If you want to sell, it's just cheaper and easier to consign.